Heidi Ellison

Heidi Ellison, a long-time Paris resident, is a freelance journalist specializing in art, travel and literature. Her articles have been published in dozens of international publications, and she has contributed to a number of guidebooks on Paris and France.

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Life Cut Short, Career Resurrected “Titre Inconnu (Clown, Cheval, Salamandre)” (c. 1911-12). Lisbon, CAM/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Photo: Paulo Costa I was alerted to the exhibition “Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso” at the Grand Palais by a friend in Portugal, who wrote to … Read More

Chefs-d’Œuvre de Budapest

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Visiting Art from Budapest Brings a Galaxy of Stars “Portrait d’Homme” (1634), by Frans Hals. © Musée des Beaux-Arts, Budapest 2016 The current show at the Musée du Luxembourg, “Chefs-d’Œuvre de Budapest,” promises a panoply of superstars from the history … Read More

Un Art Pauvre

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

The Riches of Poor Art “Igloo di Giap” (1968), by Mario Merz. © Centre Pompidou/Dist. RMN-GP © Adagp, Paris 2016 For the past few millennia, fine art has mostly been the exclusive preserve of the affluent, who could afford the … Read More

Îles de la Seine

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

The Stories Behind The Islands in the Stream Houses on the Île de Migneaux during the Great Flood of 1910. © Cliché Gaillard/Coll. Olivier Delas/Cercle d’Études Historiques et Archéologiques de Poissy 
“Îles de la Seine” at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal has … Read More

Albert Marquet: Peintre du Temps Suspendu

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

If Poussin Painted Like a Child “La Varenne Saint-Hilaire, la Barque” (1913). © Richard Nathanson, London/ADAGP, Paris 2016 At first glance, many of the paintings of Albert Marquet (1875-1947) look simple, almost childlike. There is great power in that simplicity, … Read More

Velázquez

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

A Partial Look at The Painter’s Painter “The Toilet of Venus” (c. 1647-51). © The National Gallery Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) is justly considered one of the world’s all-time great painters – Manet called him “the painter’s painter” and “the greatest … Read More

Lascaux à Paris

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Cro-Magnon Cave Art Pays a Visit to Paris “The Black Cow.” Photo © Denis Nidos I have never had the opportunity to visit the original Lascaux caves (closed to the public since 1963 because of the damage to the wall … Read More

Gitane à la Guitare

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes MYTH OF THE ARTIST DECONSTRUCTED  “L’Aimable Surprise,” by Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Broquard. As if Paris didn’t have enough museums and galleries, there are also many little-known art spaces hidden away in the suburbs just waiting … Read More